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`it aslshownifn Fig". 1.3 i c c. "D, D1, are two circular. disks secured fast on arevolvingQaxisE, which passes down through the center of the top C1.; One of lsaid disks being `arrangedfunder the top C1, andthe other above it as represented. The disk D1,.carries a pointer El, for designating `on the scale, the angle to which the saw l guide F, isadjusted-this disk is also pro- ALon'roN HOLLIDAY, or RoeERsv-ILLE, NEW YoRx.

` MITER AND BEVELING MACHINE.

` Specification ofiJetters Patent No 12,862, dated May 15,1855.

"To aZZco/zomc'timyconcern.' Beit knownthat I, LoR'ToN I-IoLLlDAY, of

Rogersville, in the county of Steuben and "Stateof New York, have invented a new` y and useful Improvement `in Metallic Miter- Boxes and Beveling-'Machinesg andjI `do hereby declare that `theffollowing is a full, clear, -and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawlf ings, formingpartof this specification, in" fwhich- C c i c f Figure l, is a plan or `top view of a miter lboxyand bevelingmachine, constructed aft-er niyfplan.` Fig. 2,;` is` anV end view of the same Fig. 3, `is avertical longitudinal sec- ;tionthrough the redlinefa, in Fig. il.

igs. t, 5, `and 6 show a board or strip with "amiter, anda bevel lap formedon it. A if Similar letters of reference in each ofthe p several figures indicatecorresponding parts.`

This improvement relat-esto `miter` boxes,

i andrendersthe `saw` guide capable oibeing `changed with ease `andfacilityzfrom one angleto another, and soyadjuste'd when def sirable ,as to `cause thesaw" which cuts the miter to form a `bevelflap on the'board or strip, `simultaneous with? the sawing of the miter."` c

\ `To enable others skilledin the art to make and `use myinvention, I will proceed to describe its constructionand operation. A, vrepresents a ramefo-r supporting the operatlvemechanlsmfas shown. This frame is provided with` a stop or sideV railB, for "steadying the timber or` the block upon `which it rests while thesawing of a miter, or `miterand bevellap, isfbeing performed.

It also has an` index or s cale 1C, arranged on vided with asemicircular slot a, and set "`fscrew b, said slot allowingit to turn when f the set screwis loose, and the set screw serving tohold it firmly after the. desiredadjust-,ment of thesaw guide F, has beenmade.

. l G, isf a movableframe passing up through the disks D, D1, andtu'rning, with them, in `a circular slot c., cut: inuthe top C1, of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. Tothe lower end of this frame, the saw guide is attached by a hinge J, so as toswing or turn freely when Y itis desired to adjust it and the saw to the position shown in dotted red lines in Fig. 2;` it occupying this position when it is desired to have the saw forni a bevel lap on the strip at the. same time that the miter is cut. Thesaw guide is shaped as. shownin Figs. 2 and 3, and the saw is placed in it,

as illustratediin Fig. 3. y

H, is a` set screw for locking or securing the saw guide inthe position shown in red dotted .lines in Fig. 2 or in any other posi- Vtion. which it may occupy, while the sawing `of the miter, or miter and bevel lap is being` performed. The frame G, which carries the saw guide is made movable up and down, so that the saw may be adjusted to suit the thickness of the strip being mitered, or miteredand beveled. l

I,'shown in ;red,`is a strip being operated upon bythe saw.

InFigs. 1, 2, and 3, the disks, movable ramefand saw `"guide are represented by `black lines, as in position for sawing at right angles, to the length of the strip I, and in red lines in the position they occupy when sawing an angle ofio, as indicated by the pointer', shown in red on the scale. In Fig.

2, thesaw` guide is shown by dotted red lines turned in the path of a vertical circle to an oblique position, and by full red lines in the pat-h of a horizontal circle to an angle of 450. It being thus adjusted when' it is desired to form a miter and bevel lap on the strip, at one operation.

VhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

i The manner herein specified and shown, of arranging and combining the several parts constituting the ymiter box herein described, this arrangement and combination Vrendering the saw guide capable of being adjusted in the path oi a horizontal circle, as well as in the path of a vertical circle, to any angle desired, and enables the saw to cut a bevel lap on the strip or board, simultaneous with the sawing of the miter or angle, 1

and also indicates the `angle cut, substantially as set forth.

LORTONl HOLLIDAY.

` Witnesses:

ORsoN Mosman `IRA W. CHASE. 

